I have been asked by an associate to look into the possibility of a "plugin" for sketchup that would allow him to select a face in sketchup and assign specific characteristics for the face, which would then be calculated into a matrix. He wants to take the face and multiply a designated coefficient with the square footage to get the labor time and costs for various landscape beds in his project. he is making the faces on a google earth map and then wants to do his estimating out of the model... any ideas of where to start or if anything like this exists.

Thnks
Bob

I like the way the palm trees are visible but the transparency allows them to give a sense of scale without distracting from the architecture.

cool very future classic zen modern!

excited to see the ideas for the new "front"

cool models... what do you use them for?

what software are you using to color the model with? most great material renderings are done outside of SU!

you want your textures to tile, you just want the tiles to be seam-less and non-repeating (no obvious elements that make a distinct pattern), tileable textures are your friend, especially with stone, block, and wood textures.

actually for the ropes and netting I just create a new layer and then set a stroke to the outside of the brush stroke and make that stroke dark gray and paint with white physically painting in the netting a ropes, the stroke adds to parallel edges that give the illusion of ropes or netting, the writing on the live bait sign is drawn by hand, and the Great white signage is done in photoshop text tool

Bob

absolutely

love the model love the images love the style

Bob

it always amazes me what people can do with SU and the array of other software on the market...this is no exception, I am loving these images.

Bob

thank you for all the kind comments. I have been working on a number of different styles, but my clients seem to come back to this one everytime. I build the model and added the palms, and people in SketchUp, and then take it into photoshop. I then inserted a photo of a great white shark and "traced" it in, and then added the ropes and netting in photoshop, finally I sketched in some plant materials and finally I color it. I don't know what to call it sometimes it looks like acrylic paints and sometimes it looks like markers... I still want to learn how to use a rendering program but for now this seems to make the clients happy.

Bob

you could make them they are just photoreal images trimmed and placed at 90 degrees to each other with the trunk being the ceter of the two images.

Cool and fun rendering, my only comment is the glass on the cars is a bit distracting, other than that I think it is a great rendering, can you post an image of the SU model?
Bob

Just wanted to get some feedback on my latest work. A signage and theme study for a potential water park-like project. I will color the other images If the client wants to proceed, or if I find some extra time and want to do them for myself.
C&C welcome and wanted

Bob

quite the bachelor pad... needs a fireplace and a bear skin rug nice model and nice renderings

Bob

I really like the sketchy style, you need to refine the sky a little bit (I have the most troble with skies so that is something I really lok at) but I like the building and the model, a few more images would help to see the total design IMHO.

Bob

great start but I totally agree with Andy G. Keep working and keep posting, look forward to you progress... what software are you using for the "painting"?

Bob

very cool table...Thanks

fun model, and a need look at a cool physical puzzle always fun to learn something new.